Before the school holidays I asked the kids to write a journal about what they have learnt in the past 3 weeks.
But they didn’t know what a journal is all about..so I gave them examples of what to write …like what u learnt in the past 3 weeks..What words do u remember..Do you like the way I teach? What you like about English etc..
The responds was weird….plus for those kids who didn’t know what to write I asked them to mark a huge X on their paper…many did that cause maybe they were just not interested…
By the way they wrote it all in BM cause if in english I think I will be having a headache trying to read…
So what I have learn from this all?
Well I got the garang award..many of them said that and what got me laughing was that one kids wrote that when I am angry it’s like a volcano erupting…heheheh very funny right…
But the thing is if I am not angry I think they won’t take me serious…but thinking back made me realize that I don’t hv to be garang..shouting to get my message across….I just need to be firm…show respect to them n they will respect me automatically …wont they?
I have to have more trust in them… I also feel that I have to talk slower and bring it to their level….the underline point is that I should try to make them love English even though I hv to focus on upsr….
By the way even though I don’t want learning English to be a routine learning process.. I think it is too late seeing that they r year 6..so I have to be exam oriented….it is for their good n mine also if I don’t to see the percentage of English to go down from 67% to I don’t know what ..its so much off pressure….!
I just have to stop shouting…speak with respect like in sir, with love…then only will they realize what I am trying to do… So far my plan is to hv grammar, Comprehension, composition and spelling….i am not going to follow the textbook…its too late for that…but I will follow the topic…
Plus I need to have them speaking in english…that way hopefully I get them to love..no too strong…like or at least know English…
Me as a teacher.. I am afraid of one thing…afraid of losing this feeling of concern of the kids progress as I develop as a teacher…will I be able to keep this interested in my kids future as years pass after I get involve in other things in life ..maybe marriage?…would I be doing this 4 years or maybe 3 years to come?
I just hope I don’t lose it cause i feel that I should not cheat these kids…they come to school every day hoping for education….
so I pray that I just don’t lose interest in teaching!
But they didn’t know what a journal is all about..so I gave them examples of what to write …like what u learnt in the past 3 weeks..What words do u remember..Do you like the way I teach? What you like about English etc..
The responds was weird….plus for those kids who didn’t know what to write I asked them to mark a huge X on their paper…many did that cause maybe they were just not interested…
By the way they wrote it all in BM cause if in english I think I will be having a headache trying to read…
So what I have learn from this all?
Well I got the garang award..many of them said that and what got me laughing was that one kids wrote that when I am angry it’s like a volcano erupting…heheheh very funny right…
But the thing is if I am not angry I think they won’t take me serious…but thinking back made me realize that I don’t hv to be garang..shouting to get my message across….I just need to be firm…show respect to them n they will respect me automatically …wont they?
I have to have more trust in them… I also feel that I have to talk slower and bring it to their level….the underline point is that I should try to make them love English even though I hv to focus on upsr….
By the way even though I don’t want learning English to be a routine learning process.. I think it is too late seeing that they r year 6..so I have to be exam oriented….it is for their good n mine also if I don’t to see the percentage of English to go down from 67% to I don’t know what ..its so much off pressure….!
I just have to stop shouting…speak with respect like in sir, with love…then only will they realize what I am trying to do… So far my plan is to hv grammar, Comprehension, composition and spelling….i am not going to follow the textbook…its too late for that…but I will follow the topic…
Plus I need to have them speaking in english…that way hopefully I get them to love..no too strong…like or at least know English…
Me as a teacher.. I am afraid of one thing…afraid of losing this feeling of concern of the kids progress as I develop as a teacher…will I be able to keep this interested in my kids future as years pass after I get involve in other things in life ..maybe marriage?…would I be doing this 4 years or maybe 3 years to come?
I just hope I don’t lose it cause i feel that I should not cheat these kids…they come to school every day hoping for education….
so I pray that I just don’t lose interest in teaching!
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